Wherever I go, I always try to visit the market. Either in Bali, Phuket or Melbourne.
I feel that's the best place to learn people's living style, eating habit!
In the market I love to check what they sell, how they display the merchandise, how people bargain, shout, communicate with each others. Very joyful picture!
Last week I really want to go back to Cần Thơ, to visit the market there.
Not floating market.
Just ordinary market in town. And to get what I saw last year here but failed to try it.
Bánh tét from Cần Thơ!
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| One of the most traditional glutinous rice cakes for our Lunar New Year celebration! |
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| Different from other areas, bánh tét in Cần Thơ is unique with their color combination! |
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| The two best things: color and taste! Rice in magenta plant leaf color. Yellow green mung bean. Orange from salted duck egg and light pink from pork meat! |
It will be another interesting post!
Today I just want to share what we tried in our journey to Western capital - Tây Đô.
Another name of Cần Thơ!
Being a biggest city in Mekong Delta, a rice basket in Vietnam, Cần Thơ in my mind is always a quiet, clean city with many fruits, dried fishes (cá khô) and famous for its roasted rice-field vole (chuột đồng)!
Our departure was around 6:30 in the morning.
Only 160km away from Sài gòn, but it takes us nearly three hours to get there by car.
With only one quick stop-over in Mỹ Tho for breakfast.
Our breakfast
Famous broken rice in Mỹ Tho!
Famous not only for people living nearby but also people from Sài gòn!
Their grilled pork is excellent! Grilled but soft, juicy, nice texture and very well marinated!
Cơm tấm Cầu Đôi at 256 A Ấp Bắc, KP2, P10, Mỹ Tho!
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| Broken rice with grilled pork! Pork is well marinated, very tasty! |
We continued our trip to Cần Thơ. We arrived around 10:30. It was not too late to visit the market, but in Vietnam, especially in the country side - the best time in market is early morning.
More vendors. More merchandise! Especially street food hawkers, they gather here for early morning sale, then later spread out around the city!
Coffee break
We spent almost an hour in Cần Thơ market and before lunch we decided to refresh ourselves at some coffee shop, to try traditional cakes that we bought from market!
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| I order hot soya milk, and it's served in the tea pot! Lovely! |
The cake texture is very smooth, soft and the taste is simply rich in coconut cream flavor!
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| Cần Thơ's honeycomb cake! So smooth, nice taste! |
Pig's skin cake is really nice, made from tapioca starch and rice flour.
Usually with three layers.
Green with pandan leaf flavor.
Yellow with green mung bean and white - coconut cream!
Soft and gelatinously chewy in texture. The combination of three flavors is unforgettable!
I heard in Malaysia and Indonesia they have same cake with the same name!
Usually with three layers.
Green with pandan leaf flavor.
Yellow with green mung bean and white - coconut cream!
Soft and gelatinously chewy in texture. The combination of three flavors is unforgettable!
I heard in Malaysia and Indonesia they have same cake with the same name!
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| Pig's skin cake (bánh da lợn) |
Bánh cóng or cake "Cóng" - traditional and popular dish in Mekong delta.
Each province has created own recipe. Rice flour quality, how to mix the flour is a deciding factor!
It's unique savory cake as we wrap it in veggies and dip in sweet fish sauce!
Made from rice flour, green bean, ground pork and shrimp!
Deep fried! Very tasty! Crispy on the outside, soft a bit chewy on the inside!
Made from rice flour, green bean, ground pork and shrimp!
Deep fried! Very tasty! Crispy on the outside, soft a bit chewy on the inside!
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| Bánh cóng - served with fish sauce and veggies same as bánh xèo! |
Different areas, different names for the same item in the same country!
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| Bánh cóng with different layers and before deep fry! |
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| and here golden cake still in the mold - cóng ! |
Heading back home but we promised to come back to Tây Đô very soon, as our mission is not yet completed!
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